2 Samuel 5:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

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  • 2 Sam 23:14 : 14 And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.
  • 1 Chr 11:16 : 16 At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.
  • 1 Chr 14:8-9 : 8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them. 9 Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
  • Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, 3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us. 4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them. 5 Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:
  • Rev 11:15-18 : 15 And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying, 17 We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom. 18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time of reward for your servants, the prophets, and for the saints, and for those in whom is the fear of your name, small and great, and the time of destruction for those who made the earth unclean.

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  • 1 Chr 14:8-10
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    87%

    8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

    9 Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

    10 And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.

  • 2 Sam 5:18-19
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    18 And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

    19 And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.

  • 1 Chr 11:15-16
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    15 And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

    16 At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:48-52
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    48 Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

    49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.

    50 So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.

    51 So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.

    52 And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as Gath and the town doors of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines were falling down by the road from Shaaraim all the way to Gath and Ekron.

  • 2 Sam 5:16
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    16 And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41 And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

  • 2 Sam 5:22
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    22 And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
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    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 23:1-5
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    1 And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

    2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

    3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

    4 Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

    5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
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    23 And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
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    15 And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 2 Sam 23:13-14
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    13 And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

    14 And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
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    19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20 And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

    21 And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
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    25 And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
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    13 Then the Philistines again went out in every direction in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
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    1 Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8 And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
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    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
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    30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
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    1 So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

  • 1 Sam 22:5
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    5 And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22 So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 1 Sam 17:2-3
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    2 And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

    3 The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57 And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
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    7 Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
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    16 And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1 And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

  • 1 Sam 17:45
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    45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 1 Chr 18:1
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    1 And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
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    10 Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.